Handsome Molly

Collected by Eula Worley
Sung by Dillard Reeves
Huntsville, Arkansas August 6, 1959
and Vada Reeves For Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Eula Worley
and Vada Reeves
Reel 293, Item 8
Handsome Molly
I wish I was in London,
Or some little seaport town,
I'd set my foot in a steamboat, I'd sail the ocean around.
I'd sail around the ocean,
I'd sail around the sea,
I'd think of handsome Molly, Wherever she might be.
Her hair was black as a raven, Her eyes were black as a crow, Her cheeks were like lillies Out in the morning glow.
Don't you remember Molly When you took me by the hand,
You said if you ever married, That I would be the man.
Now you have broke your promise, Go marry who you please,
While my poor heart is aching, Here courting at your ease.
Here courting at your ease,
Here courting at your ease,
While my poor heart is aching, Here courting at your ease.

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Collected by Eula Worley
Sung by Dillard Reeves
Huntsville, Arkansas August 6, 1959
and Vada Reeves For Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Eula Worley
and Vada Reeves
Reel 293, Item 8
Handsome Molly
I wish I was in London,
Or some little seaport town,
I'd set my foot in a steamboat, I'd sail the ocean around.
I'd sail around the ocean,
I'd sail around the sea,
I'd think of handsome Molly, Wherever she might be.
Her hair was black as a raven, Her eyes were black as a crow, Her cheeks were like lillies Out in the morning glow.
Don't you remember Molly When you took me by the hand,
You said if you ever married, That I would be the man.
Now you have broke your promise, Go marry who you please,
While my poor heart is aching, Here courting at your ease.
Here courting at your ease,
Here courting at your ease,
While my poor heart is aching, Here courting at your ease.